I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, we welcome you
to 3ABN family worship.
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I'm Shelley Quinn.
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And I'm JD Quinn.
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And the reason we're celebrating
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is because this is the Sabbath
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and we're celebrating
the Lord of the Sabbath.
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Exodus 31:13,
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God says that
the Sabbath is a sign
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that He is the
one who sanctifies us,
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so you realize what that means.
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The Sabbath is the sign
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of the
everlasting Gospel of Grace
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and I don't know
about you all but for me,
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I grew up
performing for the Lord,
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you know, trying to be
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the best little girl I could be,
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trying to be a good
young lady, and everything
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and I finally got to the point
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when I was doing it
myself that I thought,
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"Ok Lord, you demand too much."
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And I actually walked
away from God for a while.
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And it was as the Lord
taught me the truth about Grace
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in His plan of salvation
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that is just
total dependence on Him
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that He will meet back.
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I mean, He chased me
down really with his love
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and now I from week to week,
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you know, when it
comes time for the Sabbath,
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it's just like such a
wonderful beautiful reminder
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of why we can
celebrate God's love
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and that He's the one,
salvation belongs to Him.
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Amen.
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Halleluiah. Amen.
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We have got an
exciting group with us tonight.
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I'm going to start to my left
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and we have CA and
Irma Murray with us.
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CA is the general
manager for Proclaim,
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Irma, you're
with the 3ABN Latino.
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We're well represented
here when going around.
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Then we have Jason Bradley
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who is the assistant
to the general manager
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for our Dare to Dream channel
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and Tim Parton who
is the general manager
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of Praise Him,
our Music Channel.
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And there are just a lot
of exciting things going on
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but we just want to welcome
you as part of our family
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and thank you so much
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for being part
of the 3ABN family
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for lifting us up in prayer
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and the work that
God is doing here,
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and for your
support of the work.
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We really do appreciate you.
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It's wonderful to be
able to bring the Sabbath
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and with good friends.
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Yes, it is.
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And being able to separate,
you know, the work we...
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from getting into
His Word full time
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which is actually fantastic.
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Amen.
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Tonight, we're going to be
talking about perfect peace,
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will be our topic.
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But before we begin on our topic
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we know that you love
music, we love to sing.
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We may just be making
joyful noise to the Lord
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but we love to sing
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and the song
we're going to sing is
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"It Is Well With My Soul."
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Tim, tell us the
story behind this song.
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There's a wonderful
story behind this song.
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The gentleman
who wrote the song,
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his name was Horatio Spafford.
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And he and his
wife and four daughters
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had decided to take a
journey across the ocean
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from America to
Europe, across the Atlantic
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and he had some
business to take care of
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which kept him
from going with them
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so he was going
to take a leadership
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so he sent his wife
and daughters across.
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This was back in 1873 and
four days into the journey,
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the ship that the
wife and daughters were on
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collided with another ship
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and within just
a matter of minutes
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that ship sank,
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the one that his wife
and daughters were on,
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and his wife managed to get away
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on floating some debris
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and a man in a row
boat happened to find her
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but the four daughters perished
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and so she, his
wife, sent a telegraph
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back to her husband
telling him what had happened.
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And so he
immediately took a ship
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and went out and
about the four days...
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about the time he was
over the area where they sank,
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it is said that he
wrote the lyrics to the song,
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"It Is Well With My Soul."
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And there were several events.
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Actually, they had had a son
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who had died of
Pneumonia earlier
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and they had lost a
big part of their business
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in the Chicago fire,
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so it's just a
testimony to their resilience
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in God's power
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and peace that He can bring.
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The peace that
transcends all understanding
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While you're making
your way to the piano,
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we're just going to think
about God's perfect peace.
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You know, no one could
write the words to this song
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if they didn't know the Lord.
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I mean, I don't know how many
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when faces the death of a child,
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if they don't know God,
and I'm sure that Horatio had
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the perfect peace
that he would be reunited
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and get to spend eternity
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with his
children later, you know.
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So he wrote this beautiful song
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and the words are going
to be on the screen for you
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to sing along with us.
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Please do, just...
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let's all make a
joyful noise to the Lord.
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When peace, like a river
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Attendeth my way
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When sorrows
like sea billows roll.
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Whatever my lot
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Thou hast taught me to say
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It is well
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It is well with my soul
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It is well
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With my soul
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It is well
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It is well with my soul
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My sin O the joy
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Of this glorious thought
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My sin, not in
part but the whole
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Is nailed to the cross
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And I bear it no more
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Praise the Lord, praise the Lord
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O my soul
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It is well
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It is well with my soul.
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It is well with my soul
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It is well
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It is well with my soul.
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And Lord, haste the day
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When my faith shall be sight
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The clouds be
rolled back as a scroll
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The trump shall resound
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And the Lord shall descend
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Even so
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It is well with my soul.
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It is well, it is well
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With my soul.
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It is well, it is well
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With my soul
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Irma has said it.
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I love this song but as
you've said in the past,
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when Tim is playing
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it makes us feel
like we can sing well.
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That is such an amazing story
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and it is such
an amazing thought
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that no matter what's going on,
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God can be our comfort,
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God is our
assurance, our confidence,
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our peace, our calmness,
he is everything you see now.
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Amen.
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Well, I'm going to read to you
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an affirmation
from the scripture
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that just simply means
you're taking scripture
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and you're either
praying it over your life
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or you're
praying it back to God,
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so let me read this to you
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and then we're going
to look at the scriptures
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that support this.
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This is the affirmation:
I'm walking in constant peace,
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His peace that guards my
heart in all circumstances
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and is beyond
human understanding.
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God keeps me in
perfect peace because my mind
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has a steadfast
trust in his faithfulness.
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Amen.
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God is not the
author of confusion.
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When I begin to feel
stressed and anxious,
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I realize my eyes are
not focused on my Lord.
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I return my thoughts to Him
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and place my
complete trust in Him.
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He restores my peace
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causing me to overflow with hope
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by the power of his Holy Spirit
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and that's what
these scriptures combine
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that we're
getting ready to look at.
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That is the affirmation
you can take from that that God
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is the restorer of your peace,
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as long as we keep
our eyes focused on Him
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trusting in Him.
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And I believe that, Irma,
you're going to kick things off
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with the first scripture
which is Philippians 4:6,7.
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Six and seven...
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Yes, Shelley, this is a verse
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that has spoken to me many times
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because I tend to
worry a little bit,
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you know, from time to time.
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I worry about my husband, I
worry about my grandchildren,
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I am worried about my children,
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sometimes I
worry about myself too
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and things and though I
pray and give it to the Lord,
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I need an
assurance and sometimes
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I need the power
of the Holy Spirit
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to keep me in peace.
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And this verse, it says,
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and I'm gonna read it
out of this little paper
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because it is easier for
me to read taken the glasses.
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In verse 6,
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it says "Be careful for nothing,
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but in everything by
prayer and supplication
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with thanksgiving
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let your request
be made known to God."
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And verse seven says,
"And the peace of God,
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which passes all understanding,
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shall keep your hearts and minds
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through Jesus Christ."
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Amen.
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And so we have here,
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looking a little
bit unto the verse,
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that in the King James
Version says, "Be careful."
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And the word, "be
careful" in the Greek is morior,
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and to me that sounded
a little bit like death,
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you know, kind
of that dark place
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but it means
division or dividing.
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It means like, it's
almost like a split personality
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because it just
break things apart
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and you're not together and...
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It says, be careful for nothing,
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be anxious for nothing
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'cause that gives you
the split personality.
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Yes and I thought that was
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this really good
understanding of what that means
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because yeah anxious, you know,
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usually that's what you get
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and you feel like the
word anxious is just one thing.
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But the other version
of the Bible is saying that
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it also means careful.
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You know, sometimes perhaps
we are not anxious totally
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but we are really concerned
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we haven't given everything
to the Lord completely
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and in James it says,
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not to be the world
minded, the world minded
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in all things.
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You know, we have
to be careful of that.
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The word minded is
like you're not, you know,
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you say you are with the
Lord but then you're not,
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so it's kind of like
one foot in one place
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and one foot in other.
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And thinking of it my husband
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has a very beautiful sermon
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about "be focused" so
to me this is, you know,
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we have to focus in Christ,
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keep that
focus, don't, you know,
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give it to the Lord
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but don't keep
going back and forth
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and kind of rehearsing
your mind the situation
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but just focus that Christ,
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you have given it to Him
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and He is the one
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who is going to give
you the peace that you need.
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And the result of
keeping that mind in Christ
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is the peace
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that we cannot find it
on anything in the world.
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Amen.
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Because that peace
comes directly from the God.
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I have sometimes
answered the phone
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and people have called me
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because they have a some
really difficult situation
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and I have expressed
this to them just, you know,
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keep the mind in God
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because we so easily go
back and forth on our problem
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but sometimes I've
asked the question also well
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but that means
that you don't pray,
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you pray once and
you don't pray anymore.
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I said, "No, I think that we...
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yes, the Lord said
we can continue praying
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but we cannot continue also
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more and more and thanking God
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for what we haven't seen yet."
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Yes, amen.
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And because we have
that peace in that belief
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that he's going to answer
the question to our problem.
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Amen.
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You know there are
several things that you said.
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Number one, quick rehearsing
the problem essentialis
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what you're saying
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and I have sometimes
shared this thought with people
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who, you know,
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peace is nothing more
than worry bathed in prayer.
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I mean, once you take...
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we all worry, I mean,
that's a natural thing.
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Yes.
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Once we bathe it in
prayer that peace comes
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but I've talked with
people and I call it the God box
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because if
there is somebody that
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just can't let
go of something...
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What I told them to do is
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write out your
problem on a piece of paper,
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pray about it
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and then go put it in
the box that this is...
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As long as it is in
the box it's in God's hands
00:16:19.57\00:16:23.04
but now the minute you
start worrying about it
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again that means you
have to go give the paper
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and put it in your pocket
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because as long as
you're worrying about it
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then you are...
Not allowing God.
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It's basically like
00:16:32.75\00:16:34.09
you've taken it
back from the Lord.
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You know, you're not
laying it at his feet
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and so there's been
several people who said,
00:16:38.86\00:16:40.96
"That helped so much."
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So I just want to
encourage you at home
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if there's just
something you can't let go of,
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pray about it, write it up,
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pray about it,
put it in that box,
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and just remember that
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every time you
start worrying about it
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you have to take it
out and carry it around
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because basically
when you start worrying,
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you've taken it
out of the Lords hands.
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Yes.
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One of the gospel says,
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"Take your burden to the
Lord and leave it there."
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Amen.
00:17:06.15\00:17:07.49
In the peace of God
00:17:10.09\00:17:12.16
does transcend
all understanding.
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I have a dear
friend of mine, Elaine,
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we were college roommates
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and her daughter was
I believe 11 years old.
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They lived in
New Mexico on a ranch
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but they were having...
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Out in the country
they were having a race.
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That was a kids' bicycle race
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and they have
closed off the highway
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for this bicycle race.
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Well, a drunk driver
broke through the barricades
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and hit her child and
killed her immediately.
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And she said...
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When she got the
news and she got there
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and saw the crumpled
body of her daughter,
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she said that she
was nearly hysterical
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when someone, she said
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she doesn't
even know who it was,
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but someone took me by
the shoulders from behind
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and prayed in my
ear for the peace
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that transcends
all understanding.
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And she said
that as that prayer...
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She said it was just
like peace flooded her,
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and she had a peace
beyond understanding,
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throughout the
entire loss of this child.
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I mean it was
something that was supernatural
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and I think that's
what we're talking about.
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Yes, you know, Shelley,
there was a time in my life
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also that I had
this painful situation
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and I would go to work
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because I needed to go to work,
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I could not just be taking
days and just stay in home also
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and it gets worse sometimes.
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Sure.
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It's just we need to,
your mind is on the problem,
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and I had a friend also
who used to call me at work,
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and she said to me,
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"You don't have to say anything.
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I'm just calling you
to give you this promise."
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And then she would pray with me
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and I'll tell you
that it was one moment
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that she called me
just at the right time
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and after she read
this promise to me,
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I actually felt someone
hugging me from the back.
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Hugging me that
I'd never forget that
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because it was so surreal.
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Amen.
00:19:22.36\00:19:23.69
And from then definitely
it was a big change for me.
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Amen. Yes.
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Glory to God.
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Obviously, that's what
you needed at that time.
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Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Yeah.
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Claiming and
rehearsing the promises of God,
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there is an inherent strength.
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Amen.
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The Bible says,
ask and keep on asking,
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those words are in
the, in the perfect tense,
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which means keep on doing it.
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Ask one time
and forget about it.
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But if you've got a burden,
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then your request should be
commensurate with your burden.
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If you have a strong
burden then keep on asking.
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You know, if you
want some real bad
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like a child
that wants a quarter,
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can I get it
now, can I get it now,
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can I get it
now, can I get it now?
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And if you want salvation...
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if you want peace it's there,
00:20:02.26\00:20:04.10
you got to work at it
if you want it really bad
00:20:04.13\00:20:05.87
because it is worth the work.
00:20:05.90\00:20:07.44
Amen.
00:20:07.47\00:20:09.14
Oh, Jason, why don't
you read Isaiah 26:3.
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Sure, I really like this verse,
00:20:14.91\00:20:16.68
"You will keep
Him in perfect peace,
00:20:16.71\00:20:18.51
whose mind is stayed on
You, because he trusts in You."
00:20:18.55\00:20:22.35
It's so important
that if we want peace
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we have to believe
that God will give it to us,
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you know, by
beholding we become changed,
00:20:26.76\00:20:28.56
so when we behold Christ
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we're claiming His promises,
we're learning about Him,
00:20:30.43\00:20:34.53
we're taking on
His characteristics.
00:20:34.56\00:20:38.00
I remember when
my appendix ruptured
00:20:38.03\00:20:41.17
and I was out
of the church then,
00:20:41.20\00:20:43.47
so the devil was
trying to get me,
00:20:43.51\00:20:44.97
in my sense it
wanted to take me out,
00:20:45.01\00:20:46.98
and my mom was really,
really concerned about me,
00:20:47.01\00:20:50.05
and she was hysterical
because she was in Dallas
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and I was in
Atlanta at that time.
00:20:53.68\00:20:55.55
And somebody called
her and prayed with her
00:20:55.58\00:20:58.52
and she just felt it.
00:20:58.55\00:21:00.29
She got on the next flight
and came out to be with me
00:21:00.32\00:21:02.56
but she just felt at peace.
00:21:02.59\00:21:04.26
And then I remember
being in the hospital
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I still, you know,
while I was in the hospital,
00:21:06.13\00:21:07.93
I still didn't give
my heart to the Lord
00:21:07.96\00:21:10.40
but I remember
Doctor Crouton Bird
00:21:10.43\00:21:13.40
coming to pray with me.
00:21:13.44\00:21:14.77
I didn't even
know him, you know,
00:21:14.80\00:21:16.14
he came and prayed with
me, so every time I see him now
00:21:16.17\00:21:20.41
I still thank him as
just an ongoing thing.
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I just thank him for
coming to pray with me
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and it's just amazing
that when we give stuff to God
00:21:26.48\00:21:31.32
and leave it there
00:21:31.35\00:21:33.39
that we're not trying
to take the place of God,
00:21:33.42\00:21:36.69
we're not trying
to play his role.
00:21:36.73\00:21:38.29
You know, a lot of times
00:21:38.33\00:21:39.66
when we take
things into our own hands,
00:21:39.69\00:21:41.23
we just dig
ourselves in a deeper hole.
00:21:41.26\00:21:43.60
I think the Bible says somewhere
00:21:43.63\00:21:46.50
that and I'm paraphrasing,
00:21:46.53\00:21:48.77
like stress and
worry doesn't add one cubit
00:21:48.80\00:21:52.64
to the stature or
something like that.
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You're not going to
extend or prolong your life
00:21:55.24\00:21:58.48
by worrying yourself.
00:21:58.51\00:22:01.18
You're gonna kill
yourself a little bit faster.
00:22:01.22\00:22:04.82
Then, also, if I can
share this one with you,
00:22:04.85\00:22:07.62
Proverbs 3:1,2.
00:22:07.66\00:22:10.73
"My son, forget not my law,
00:22:10.76\00:22:12.79
but let thine heart
keep my commandments
00:22:12.83\00:22:15.93
for length of days,
and long life, and peace,
00:22:15.96\00:22:18.40
shall they add to thee."
00:22:18.43\00:22:19.83
You know by
keeping Gods commandments,
00:22:19.87\00:22:22.77
we're prolonging our life
00:22:22.80\00:22:24.44
because His commandments
are meant to be a burden
00:22:24.47\00:22:26.57
but they are out of love.
00:22:26.61\00:22:27.94
They are but then they are
the pathway to blessing but...
00:22:27.98\00:22:30.05
So basically,
Isaiah 26:3 tells me that
00:22:30.08\00:22:34.02
"Perfect peace is conditional."
00:22:34.05\00:22:35.95
Amen.
00:22:35.98\00:22:37.32
Because there is
two conditions there.
00:22:37.35\00:22:39.59
That we got to keep
our mind focused on Him
00:22:39.62\00:22:43.09
and trusting in Him.
00:22:43.12\00:22:44.63
And I have to tell you one time,
00:22:44.66\00:22:46.29
one day I got up
and I was praying this
00:22:46.33\00:22:48.16
as an
affirmation and I was like,
00:22:48.20\00:22:50.27
"Father, thank you
that you keep me perfect
00:22:50.30\00:22:53.17
in perfect peace.
00:22:53.20\00:22:54.54
Thank you that you
keep my eyes focused on you.
00:22:54.57\00:22:56.74
Thank you for
increasing my trust in you."
00:22:56.77\00:22:59.61
Well, JD was out of town
00:22:59.64\00:23:01.38
and about an hour
later I got a phone call
00:23:01.41\00:23:03.48
and it was a bad phone call.
00:23:03.51\00:23:05.98
And I was for the next hour,
wringing my hands, just pacing,
00:23:06.01\00:23:11.15
I was trying to
get a hold of Him,
00:23:11.19\00:23:12.52
and I'm thinking,
"What are we gonna do?
00:23:12.55\00:23:14.06
What are we gonna do?"
00:23:14.09\00:23:15.42
And suddenly this
still small voice of the Lord
00:23:15.46\00:23:18.46
impressed this thought
upon my mind and he said,
00:23:18.49\00:23:21.90
"Where are your eyes focused,
on me or on the problem?"
00:23:21.93\00:23:26.63
And I said, "Father, forgive me.
00:23:26.67\00:23:29.67
Thank you that you're
returning my focus to you.
00:23:29.70\00:23:32.47
Thank you that, you
know, I do trust you Lord,
00:23:32.51\00:23:35.34
and I thank you
that you're gonna give me
00:23:35.38\00:23:36.95
your perfect peace."
00:23:36.98\00:23:38.31
And it was like
that, I had perfect peace.
00:23:38.35\00:23:40.92
And you know what,
00:23:40.95\00:23:42.28
within eight hours the
Lord had the whole problem,
00:23:42.32\00:23:46.52
it was 8 to 12 hours
00:23:46.55\00:23:47.99
and the whole
problem was worked out.
00:23:48.02\00:23:49.39
The thing that was about
to give me a heart attack.
00:23:49.42\00:23:52.79
And you said, you
pointed out that last part
00:23:55.03\00:23:58.03
because they
trust in you, you know,
00:23:58.07\00:24:01.70
Hebrews 11:6 I think it is,
00:24:01.74\00:24:05.11
"Without faith it is
impossible to please God."
00:24:05.14\00:24:07.18
Amen.
00:24:07.21\00:24:08.54
So if you don't trust in God
00:24:08.58\00:24:11.68
then basically it's
almost like calling Him a liar.
00:24:11.71\00:24:15.12
You're not
taking Him on His Word
00:24:15.15\00:24:17.65
1 John 5:10 and Luther 12
talks about that if we don't...
00:24:17.69\00:24:22.52
yeah specifically
they call Him a liar.
00:24:22.56\00:24:24.93
Oh, JD, you've got John 14:27.
00:24:24.96\00:24:30.13
Yes.
00:24:30.17\00:24:31.73
First, I'm gonna read it to you.
00:24:31.77\00:24:33.87
Let me make the point
that this is written in red,
00:24:33.90\00:24:37.17
so Jesus is speaking here.
00:24:37.21\00:24:39.57
And let me set the stage.
00:24:39.61\00:24:42.24
This is Judas.
00:24:42.28\00:24:45.65
Judas has been
called and so Judas leaves.
00:24:45.68\00:24:50.59
It's in upper room.
00:24:50.62\00:24:54.09
Jesus is saying, whoever...
00:24:54.12\00:24:56.09
I'm going to dip this
bread and whoever I give it to,
00:24:56.12\00:24:58.96
that's who is not on our team.
00:24:58.99\00:25:01.70
And so He handed it to
Judas, Judas then left.
00:25:01.73\00:25:05.43
And at this particular
time then Jesus speaks
00:25:05.47\00:25:11.54
and He is saying,
"Peace I'll leave with you."
00:25:11.57\00:25:16.88
And the Amplified
says, my own peace,
00:25:16.91\00:25:19.25
I have now
given bequeath to you,
00:25:19.28\00:25:20.95
His peace because
now the team is complete,
00:25:20.98\00:25:26.15
11 players that are on His side
00:25:26.19\00:25:29.52
and the betrayer is
thrown out the window, okay?
00:25:29.56\00:25:33.16
So my own peace I
give and bequeath to you.
00:25:33.19\00:25:36.20
Not as the world
do I give to you,
00:25:36.23\00:25:38.43
so do not let
your hearts be troubled
00:25:38.47\00:25:40.60
and neither let them be afraid.
00:25:40.64\00:25:42.54
Now that's John 14:27 and
John 14:1 will go up here,
00:25:42.57\00:25:47.61
and this is the way
00:25:47.64\00:25:49.24
He's starting this conversation.
00:25:49.28\00:25:52.35
He's saying,
00:25:52.38\00:25:53.88
"Let not your
heart be troubled."
00:25:53.92\00:25:55.65
He's talking to
his 11 disciples there,
00:25:55.68\00:25:58.65
"Let not your
hearts be troubled,
00:25:58.69\00:26:00.46
you believe in God."
00:26:00.49\00:26:02.49
Believe is a very very
important key word here...
00:26:02.52\00:26:06.73
You believe in
God, believe also in me.
00:26:06.76\00:26:09.76
And so then as
we go through here,
00:26:09.80\00:26:12.20
"My peace I leave
with you, my own peace."
00:26:12.23\00:26:14.60
Now, as I give to you
00:26:14.64\00:26:15.97
don't let your
heart be troubled,
00:26:16.00\00:26:17.74
neither let it be afraid.
00:26:17.77\00:26:19.57
Then we go down here,
00:26:19.61\00:26:20.94
and we look in the
middle in Chapter 14,
00:26:20.98\00:26:23.65
and that's where
this is all coming from.
00:26:23.68\00:26:25.75
And He's beginning to use
the word "say" in verse 12,
00:26:25.78\00:26:30.35
believe in me."
00:26:30.39\00:26:31.89
Take it down, believe in me,
00:26:31.92\00:26:34.42
believe in me,
believe in me, believe in me,
00:26:34.46\00:26:38.23
and so this
becomes the center stage.
00:26:38.26\00:26:42.40
"Let not your heart be troubled,
00:26:42.43\00:26:44.83
neither let it be
afraid, believe in me."
00:26:44.87\00:26:48.17
And then He goes
on to say that...
00:26:48.20\00:26:50.97
you think that
you believe in me now
00:26:54.18\00:26:56.21
because of who I am
and what you're seeing
00:26:56.24\00:26:59.95
but you just wait a few days
00:26:59.98\00:27:02.58
and then you
truly will believe in me
00:27:02.62\00:27:05.89
because then you'll see
that everything plays out is
00:27:05.92\00:27:09.29
as I have led you to believe.
00:27:09.32\00:27:12.76
So what he's saying here
00:27:12.79\00:27:15.26
and this is what he
is saying to JD Quinn:
00:27:15.30\00:27:17.97
JD, if you don't want
your heart to be troubled,
00:27:18.00\00:27:21.10
if you don't want
to be fainthearted
00:27:21.14\00:27:23.61
believe in me, trust in me
00:27:23.64\00:27:26.71
and then those
waters will split.
00:27:26.74\00:27:29.18
Amen.
00:27:29.21\00:27:30.61
You know, I will be
there to assist you.
00:27:30.65\00:27:33.05
So it's very personal.
00:27:33.08\00:27:34.82
Yes, it is. Very personal.
00:27:34.85\00:27:36.69
And so I just thank
that He says, "Listen,
00:27:36.72\00:27:39.02
peace I'll leave with you, JD,
00:27:39.05\00:27:41.49
peace I'll leave
with you, Shelley.
00:27:41.52\00:27:43.32
My own peace, I'll
give to each one of you
00:27:43.36\00:27:46.06
just believe in me.
00:27:46.09\00:27:47.43
Amen.
00:27:47.46\00:27:48.80
You know, I think that
something that really struck me
00:27:48.83\00:27:52.27
and, CA, you
might comment on this,
00:27:52.30\00:27:54.47
is that here He's just
identified his betrayer
00:27:54.50\00:28:01.71
and He knows He's
about to go to a trial.
00:28:01.74\00:28:05.11
He knows He's
going to be crucified.
00:28:05.15\00:28:08.15
But yet, He is
filled with perfect peace.
00:28:08.18\00:28:11.89
That's an amazing
thing that Christ himself,
00:28:11.92\00:28:16.09
even in the midst of
all this, He had peace.
00:28:16.12\00:28:18.79
Yeah.
00:28:18.83\00:28:20.16
I think one of the
things that results in peace
00:28:20.20\00:28:22.16
is knowing your purpose
and fulfilling that purpose
00:28:22.20\00:28:25.07
by maintaining your focus.
00:28:25.10\00:28:26.43
Amen. He knew why he had come.
00:28:26.47\00:28:28.30
He knew what his purpose was
and when you know your purpose,
00:28:28.34\00:28:33.07
it allows you to
deal with a lot of the...
00:28:33.11\00:28:36.58
may I use an
unsanctified term, "mess"
00:28:36.61\00:28:39.48
that life turns
and throws your away.
00:28:39.51\00:28:42.82
When you know your
purpose, I know I'm here.
00:28:42.85\00:28:44.89
The road to heaven is not
a straight line, you know,
00:28:44.92\00:28:47.49
lot of zigs and
curves and stuff,
00:28:47.52\00:28:50.26
you know, you're
heading in the right direction
00:28:50.29\00:28:51.83
but you're making up and down
00:28:51.86\00:28:53.36
and around and
corner and stuff comes.
00:28:53.40\00:28:55.20
When you know your purpose
00:28:55.23\00:28:56.80
it allows you to
negotiate all of that stuff
00:28:56.83\00:28:59.43
that you had to go through
on the way to the kingdom.
00:28:59.47\00:29:01.67
He knew his purpose,
00:29:01.70\00:29:03.04
He knew He had
come to die, He knew...
00:29:03.07\00:29:04.57
And there were times, you
know, when it got a little hazy,
00:29:04.61\00:29:07.94
but He knew his
purpose and He pushed through.
00:29:07.98\00:29:10.55
He set his face, the
Bible says like a flint
00:29:10.58\00:29:12.45
to go to Jerusalem.
00:29:12.48\00:29:13.82
He knew he had to do that
and when we set our purpose,
00:29:13.85\00:29:17.25
we know our purpose
00:29:17.29\00:29:18.62
and maintain
our focus on Christ,
00:29:18.65\00:29:20.12
we can negotiate
some of the stuff
00:29:20.16\00:29:21.49
because life is going
to throw some stuff at you,
00:29:21.52\00:29:23.79
you got to know why you are here
00:29:23.83\00:29:25.39
and who you're following
00:29:25.43\00:29:26.76
or you will lose
your mind and your soul
00:29:26.80\00:29:28.53
and everything else,
00:29:28.56\00:29:29.90
but having that focus on Jesus
00:29:29.93\00:29:32.57
allows you to
negotiate the curves of life.
00:29:32.60\00:29:34.50
Amen.
00:29:34.54\00:29:35.87
I like that part in
there where it says,
00:29:35.90\00:29:37.67
"My own peace I now
give and bequeath to you
00:29:37.71\00:29:40.78
not as the world
gives do I give to you."
00:29:40.81\00:29:43.01
So basically, that
points out that the world...
00:29:43.04\00:29:45.25
What the world is
giving is counterfeit,
00:29:45.28\00:29:47.98
what the world is giving
is not genuine, true peace,
00:29:48.02\00:29:51.85
you know, to be able to go
through the midst of trials,
00:29:51.89\00:29:55.12
to be persecuted,
00:29:55.16\00:29:56.49
to experience the shameful death
00:29:56.52\00:29:59.39
that Christ experienced,
00:29:59.43\00:30:00.76
and still be able to have peace.
00:30:00.80\00:30:04.03
The world can't
even offer that at all.
00:30:04.07\00:30:06.53
What the world offers
is Valium and wine and...
00:30:06.57\00:30:12.31
It's temporary
then you wake up worst.
00:30:12.34\00:30:15.11
Yes, I was thinking
also, can you imagine
00:30:15.14\00:30:18.35
the disciples
looking at the face of Jesus
00:30:18.38\00:30:21.62
and Jesus is telling them this.
00:30:21.65\00:30:23.55
Yes.
00:30:23.59\00:30:24.92
And you think well,
00:30:24.95\00:30:28.72
that it was easy for them
00:30:28.76\00:30:31.49
because they were
looking at Jesus there
00:30:31.53\00:30:33.56
but it was not.
00:30:33.60\00:30:34.96
You know, because when we
see the story and how it goes.
00:30:35.00\00:30:37.53
They didn't even fully
understand that this point...
00:30:37.57\00:30:39.47
Yes. They didn't...
00:30:39.50\00:30:41.60
That He was going to die.
00:30:41.64\00:30:43.61
So they believed
that it was His word
00:30:43.64\00:30:46.98
and that He is
saying this to you.
00:30:47.01\00:30:49.61
It is so helpful
to think, you know,
00:30:49.64\00:30:53.42
God has sent not
just the disciple
00:30:53.45\00:30:56.12
but to take it like you said,
00:30:56.15\00:30:57.49
like an affirmation to
yourself in prayer to God
00:30:57.52\00:31:01.62
and give it to him
what you have gone through.
00:31:01.66\00:31:04.76
And He will take this back,
00:31:04.79\00:31:06.13
remember that
Judas just walked out
00:31:06.16\00:31:07.63
and then you go back...
00:31:07.66\00:31:09.00
We're talking
about John 14 here.
00:31:09.03\00:31:11.23
We go back to the
end of the chapter
00:31:11.27\00:31:12.90
in John 13:31,
00:31:12.93\00:31:16.10
Judas walks out
00:31:16.14\00:31:17.64
and then...
00:31:17.67\00:31:22.11
Jesus sits a little
bit straighter in His chair
00:31:22.14\00:31:24.65
and then He says that,
00:31:24.68\00:31:26.88
"So when he had gone out..."
00:31:26.92\00:31:28.75
When Judas has
gone out, Jesus says,
00:31:28.78\00:31:30.55
"Now, the Son
of Man is glorified
00:31:30.59\00:31:34.42
and God is glorified in Him."
00:31:34.46\00:31:36.83
So it's kind of like, wow,
00:31:36.86\00:31:39.09
that's just an
affirmation of who Jesus is
00:31:39.13\00:31:44.33
and so because
00:31:44.37\00:31:45.70
we're going back to this belief,
00:31:45.73\00:31:47.67
if I'm gonna follow CA,
00:31:47.70\00:31:49.70
I need to believe that
CA is who he says he is.
00:31:49.74\00:31:52.91
If I've got any doubt
well then I'm hesitant
00:31:52.94\00:31:55.98
and I'm not so loud so
this is just another one.
00:31:56.01\00:31:59.21
We got rid of this
issue right here guys,
00:31:59.25\00:32:02.28
and they don't know...
00:32:02.32\00:32:03.65
They thought that may
be Judas was going to town
00:32:03.69\00:32:06.05
to get to buy some
groceries for the feast.
00:32:06.09\00:32:08.62
I mean, that's
how in dark they were.
00:32:08.66\00:32:11.43
The voice sits up,
00:32:11.46\00:32:12.99
"Now the Son of
Man is glorified."
00:32:13.03\00:32:15.23
Amen.
00:32:15.26\00:32:16.60
And this is Jesus
himself who needed
00:32:16.63\00:32:19.73
the assurance of His Father
00:32:19.77\00:32:21.87
and that point he had that peace
00:32:21.90\00:32:25.57
and he had to know,
00:32:25.61\00:32:28.38
I mean, we can't imagine
what He had to go through
00:32:28.41\00:32:31.51
but for him that He is
God also to know exactly.
00:32:31.55\00:32:36.15
But just think about this.
00:32:36.18\00:32:37.52
Here He is in perfect peace now.
00:32:37.55\00:32:38.89
He leaves here,
he goes to the garden
00:32:38.92\00:32:40.66
and there was a struggle,
00:32:40.69\00:32:42.02
I mean, he went
through an emotional struggle
00:32:42.06\00:32:43.99
into that point, you know,
00:32:44.03\00:32:46.19
asking if there
is any way possible
00:32:46.23\00:32:47.90
to let cup pass for me.
00:32:47.93\00:32:49.80
So it shows us
as we said earlier,
00:32:49.83\00:32:52.77
that it is this
continuing in prayer,
00:32:52.80\00:32:56.10
it's continuing in
yielding to the Lord
00:32:56.14\00:32:58.91
because He did come to
that point of not my will
00:32:58.94\00:33:01.58
but thine be done.
00:33:01.61\00:33:02.94
Yeah.
00:33:02.98\00:33:04.31
So even Jesus who is
walking in perfect peace
00:33:04.35\00:33:07.42
He is sweating drops
of blood, you know...
00:33:07.45\00:33:09.28
Precisely. Right.
00:33:09.32\00:33:10.79
Then he come at the spot
00:33:10.82\00:33:12.65
because he's in
trouble, you know, yeah.
00:33:12.69\00:33:14.12
Yeah. Okay.
00:33:14.16\00:33:15.49
Well, let's look at Isaiah 30:15
00:33:15.52\00:33:19.26
and I'm glad I
ended up with this one
00:33:19.29\00:33:21.13
because this is one
of my favorite verses.
00:33:21.16\00:33:25.07
Isaiah 30:15 says,
"For thus said the Lord God,
00:33:25.10\00:33:29.80
the Holy One of
Israel, in returning to me
00:33:29.84\00:33:33.88
and resting in me
you shall be saved,
00:33:33.91\00:33:37.71
in quietness and
in trusting confidence
00:33:37.75\00:33:41.48
shall be your strength."
00:33:41.52\00:33:42.88
So let me set this up,
00:33:42.92\00:33:45.32
God's people are,
they've got a problem,
00:33:45.35\00:33:48.49
they've got the Assyrians
that are ready to attack them
00:33:48.52\00:33:52.56
and God comes to them and says,
00:33:52.59\00:33:55.20
"Hey." I mean
they had been, kind of,
00:33:55.23\00:33:57.47
straying in the wrong direction.
00:33:57.50\00:33:59.53
He says, "Return
to me, rest in me,
00:33:59.57\00:34:02.60
I'm your salvation."
00:34:02.64\00:34:04.11
That's what he's saying
00:34:04.14\00:34:05.47
and then if you will
quietly confidently trust in me,
00:34:05.51\00:34:10.31
I'll be your strength.
00:34:10.35\00:34:12.55
But what they did was
00:34:12.58\00:34:14.62
they refused to listen
to the word of the Lord
00:34:14.65\00:34:17.02
and they turned instead...
00:34:17.05\00:34:18.92
Instead of
listening to the truth,
00:34:18.95\00:34:21.12
they listened to
an illusion of truth.
00:34:21.16\00:34:23.53
They turned to
Egypt to try to save him
00:34:23.56\00:34:26.59
and, of course, we know
what a disappointment that was
00:34:26.63\00:34:29.43
because there was trouble
and defeat on every side,
00:34:29.46\00:34:32.80
but when God was
speaking to them,
00:34:32.83\00:34:37.01
He was offering them
this simple remedy...
00:34:37.04\00:34:40.24
"Return, repent,"
00:34:40.28\00:34:42.04
I mean, no matter
how bad things are,
00:34:42.08\00:34:43.68
you can repent, return to me,
00:34:43.71\00:34:45.98
find your rest in me
because I am your salvation
00:34:46.01\00:34:49.52
and it's something that
only he can give us this peace,
00:34:49.55\00:34:53.39
this calmness, this strength.
00:34:53.42\00:34:55.56
We've got a weight on him
00:34:55.59\00:34:57.76
and he'll give us the strength
to face our difficulties.
00:34:57.79\00:35:01.73
But the reason I love this,
00:35:01.76\00:35:04.23
I'm gonna take this kind
of out of context a little.
00:35:04.27\00:35:07.77
I was claiming this
verse as "my life verse"
00:35:07.80\00:35:14.11
that "in returning
to me, resting in me,
00:35:14.14\00:35:16.64
you'll be saved in quietness
00:35:16.68\00:35:18.48
and in trusting confidence
shall be your strength."
00:35:18.51\00:35:21.08
Of course, he
finishes the verse saying,
00:35:21.12\00:35:24.09
"But you would not."
00:35:24.12\00:35:25.65
And I just left that part out.
00:35:25.69\00:35:27.89
Well, when I started
celebrating God's holy day,
00:35:27.92\00:35:35.76
his Sabbath,
00:35:35.80\00:35:39.23
I remember on that
very first Sabbath,
00:35:39.27\00:35:41.90
that the Lord said,
00:35:41.94\00:35:43.41
"Finally you're returning to me.
00:35:43.44\00:35:46.54
You're resting in me
00:35:46.57\00:35:48.98
and I will be your salvation."
00:35:49.01\00:35:51.18
And you know, to me this
verse is just so very precious
00:35:51.21\00:35:56.15
because for someone
00:35:56.18\00:35:58.85
who has been all
over this scale on grace.
00:35:58.89\00:36:02.72
You know, not knowing
anything about God's grace,
00:36:02.76\00:36:05.29
taking it to the other extreme
00:36:05.33\00:36:07.16
where, you know,
not understanding that
00:36:07.20\00:36:10.73
grace in power means to obey
00:36:10.77\00:36:13.17
and that obedience
00:36:13.20\00:36:14.54
is the pathway
to God's blessings
00:36:14.57\00:36:15.90
which you were
talking about earlier,
00:36:15.94\00:36:18.14
it was when I started
spending this time with God,
00:36:18.17\00:36:22.61
just resting in
this total assurance,
00:36:22.64\00:36:25.38
that he was the one,
all he asked me to do
00:36:25.41\00:36:27.78
is to yield control to him,
00:36:27.82\00:36:30.35
to consent for
him to do his way.
00:36:30.39\00:36:33.49
That's when God
really did give me
00:36:33.52\00:36:37.56
the assurance of salvation
00:36:37.59\00:36:39.49
and so to me it's
just a very special verse.
00:36:39.53\00:36:42.63
Praise the Lord.
00:36:42.66\00:36:44.00
That is fabulous.
00:36:44.03\00:36:45.37
It really is. Amen.
00:36:45.40\00:36:47.00
Well, thank that, CA, I
want to talk about but, boy,
00:36:47.04\00:36:51.54
to me it's hard to
beat through these words,
00:36:51.57\00:36:54.71
its quietness and confidence
00:36:54.74\00:36:56.54
because when you're having a...
00:36:56.58\00:36:58.05
when there's a lot
of guilt in your life,
00:36:58.08\00:37:00.32
you're just continuously
beating yourself up,
00:37:00.35\00:37:02.82
and it's just wonderful.
00:37:02.85\00:37:04.49
Just give me some quietness,
00:37:04.52\00:37:05.85
just let me have
some of that assurance
00:37:05.89\00:37:07.56
that you're talking about.
00:37:07.59\00:37:08.92
Amen.
00:37:08.96\00:37:10.29
And so then all of
a sudden, you know,
00:37:10.33\00:37:11.66
it's like that slate
just becomes kind of clean
00:37:11.69\00:37:15.10
and so that's that quietness
00:37:15.13\00:37:17.00
and then you
have that confidence.
00:37:17.03\00:37:19.37
Man, there is a
lot of difference
00:37:19.40\00:37:20.74
when you can
stand up a little taller
00:37:20.77\00:37:22.60
and have a skip in your step
00:37:22.64\00:37:24.61
and that's called confidence
00:37:24.64\00:37:26.34
and so whenever the
slate is getting cleaner
00:37:26.37\00:37:30.35
because of your
relationship with the Lord
00:37:30.38\00:37:34.28
and you have the
confidence to go with that
00:37:34.32\00:37:37.05
and so now I do
understand returning,
00:37:37.09\00:37:39.82
I do understand
resting in the Lord.
00:37:39.85\00:37:41.89
Amen. Amen.
00:37:41.92\00:37:45.56
I think for some reason,
00:37:45.59\00:37:47.33
I just feel very
impressed right now
00:37:47.36\00:37:49.33
to pray for
someone who is watching
00:37:49.36\00:37:51.73
and Sam when I ask you to
00:37:51.77\00:37:53.74
but there's someone
who's watching right now
00:37:53.77\00:37:56.30
who the reason you have no peace
00:37:56.34\00:37:58.24
it's not
anything that's financial
00:37:58.27\00:38:01.38
or it's not what's
going on around you.
00:38:01.41\00:38:04.61
It's what's going on
inside of you because you have,
00:38:04.65\00:38:08.38
you feel like you have walked
00:38:08.42\00:38:10.52
too far away from God to return,
00:38:10.55\00:38:13.46
but we just
want you to know that
00:38:13.49\00:38:15.82
the Lord is waiting
for you with open arms.
00:38:15.86\00:38:19.29
You may be that
prodigal child and he will...
00:38:19.33\00:38:22.73
if you will just turn
begin to draw near to Him
00:38:22.76\00:38:26.53
He will run to
you and embrace you
00:38:26.57\00:38:29.27
and He will be your salvation.
00:38:29.30\00:38:30.91
Could you pray for that person?
00:38:30.94\00:38:32.74
Gracious Father,
it comes to our mind
00:38:32.77\00:38:35.44
now the words of James,
00:38:35.48\00:38:36.81
"Where does wars come from,
00:38:36.85\00:38:38.41
where does
strife has comes from?
00:38:38.45\00:38:40.05
It comes from unsettled hearts
and strife that is within us."
00:38:40.08\00:38:44.62
And Father for
that soul out there
00:38:44.65\00:38:46.35
who is battling
the battle with self,
00:38:46.39\00:38:49.89
who is dealing
with internal turmoil,
00:38:49.92\00:38:53.86
O Father, help him to know
00:38:53.90\00:38:56.43
the peace that
passes all understanding
00:38:56.46\00:38:58.97
is theirs for the asking,
00:38:59.00\00:39:00.94
that if they
will but turn to Jesus
00:39:00.97\00:39:03.61
peace will flood their soul
00:39:03.64\00:39:05.84
that they've never
experienced before.
00:39:05.87\00:39:07.21
Amen.
00:39:07.24\00:39:08.58
And that will be
with them for ever
00:39:08.61\00:39:10.18
as they take hold of the
unchanging hand of the Master.
00:39:10.21\00:39:12.71
O Father,
whatever the problem is,
00:39:12.75\00:39:15.12
you have the answer.
00:39:15.15\00:39:16.48
You are the healer.
00:39:16.52\00:39:17.89
You are the one who
can make calm out of chaos.
00:39:17.92\00:39:24.23
And, O Father, give
them now peace within
00:39:24.26\00:39:27.20
and we thank you Father
00:39:27.23\00:39:28.63
because You have promised
00:39:28.66\00:39:30.07
to hear and answer
the prayer of faith
00:39:30.10\00:39:31.80
in Jesus' name, amen.
00:39:31.83\00:39:33.77
Amen and amen.
00:39:33.80\00:39:36.04
All right, well, I think
who's got our next scripture.
00:39:36.07\00:39:39.31
I believe that
would be Tim Parton.
00:39:39.34\00:39:41.64
Yeah. Okay.
00:39:41.68\00:39:43.51
And I am going to
James, the Book of James 3:18.
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The New Kings
James Version says,
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"The fruit of
righteousness is sown in peace,
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by those who make peace."
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I love the scriptures
that we've been reading,
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it says be anxious for nothing,
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you keep your
mind stayed on Christ,
00:40:06.00\00:40:09.30
let not your heart be troubled,
00:40:09.34\00:40:11.64
in returning to me and resting.
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These are all verbs
things that like you say
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there is a requirement from us.
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And a lot of times in your
proclamation at the beginning
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you said that God is
not the author of confusion.
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Whenever I begin to
feel stressed and anxious,
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I realize my eyes are
not focused on my Lord.
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Yes, amen.
00:40:32.29\00:40:35.30
It's easy to blame
life and situations,
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on our lack of
peace but, you know,
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there are a lot of times
that we make bad decisions
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and then we say why are things,
00:40:48.84\00:40:51.31
why is everything
in chaos, you know,
00:40:51.35\00:40:52.91
why is my life in such
distress and unpeaceful,
00:40:52.95\00:40:55.62
why can't I get any rest.
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Well, that's
when James comes along
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in his practical way
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and he's actually
talking about wisdom
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in this section in
the end of chapter three.
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But he concludes in verse 18
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by saying the
fruit of righteousness,
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in other words, the
result of righteousness,
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of right living,
is sown in peace.
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So if you want peace,
what do you got to sow?
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You got to sow peace.
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So that's the beautiful thing
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and I know we've been
talking up to this point
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about the peace
that comes from Christ
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and from God that He supplies us
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if we trust in him
and do these things
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but I think there
comes a point in our lives
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where we have to be practical
and do make wise choices
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and, you know, I know
I'm not picking on anybody,
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you know, for the
things you've done.
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But yeah, it helps us
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if we can only
look far enough down
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it's just the simple fact that
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all of our
choices bring results.
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Amen.
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And so if you wanna
live a life of peace,
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sow a little peace.
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When you said
that you reminded me
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of Romans
12:18, I just love Paul
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and I love this
particular verse.
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He says, Romans 12:18
says, "If it is possible,
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as much as it depends on you,
live peaceably with all men."
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Yes.
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It is not always possible
to be at peace with everyone,
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but you're still
supposed to sow peace
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at your the end of it,
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you've got to be the peacemaker.
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Very much right.
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Blessed are the peacemakers.
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The fruit is
righteousness. Amen.
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Yeah, that the
fruit of righteousness
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is sown in peace by
those who make peace.
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So I encourage you, if
you have, like you say,
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if it's up to you, be
peaceful in every situation.
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And you know what?
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It's kind of fun when you can...
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like you say sometimes it's not
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the easiest route to go,
00:43:04.68\00:43:06.28
it's not with
the least resistance
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even though it is peaceful,
00:43:10.52\00:43:11.95
you know, like God,
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you would surely
make that an easy thing
00:43:13.36\00:43:16.02
if we know that
that's gonna be peace
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the result is gonna be
peace then it might be easy,
00:43:18.73\00:43:21.36
but it's not always easy
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because there
area lot of situations
00:43:23.00\00:43:24.40
on the news today
and countries fighting
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you think there's
got to be an answer
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that we could make it,
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you know, that we
could all just get...
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Can't we all just get
along. That's my story.
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Yeah.
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But you've got
to work for peace.
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Yes. You've got to...
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There is intent and
striving in making peace even,
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in my opinion.
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Well, you know, when Jesus
said to love those who hate you,
00:43:46.76\00:43:50.83
bless those who persecute you,
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and do good don't
repay evil for evil
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but do good unto those
and he says in doing so
00:43:56.60\00:43:59.23
you're heaping
burning coals upon their head.
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Well, some people feel like
that's retribution but it's not
00:44:01.67\00:44:06.14
because in Egypt
there was the practice of
00:44:06.17\00:44:11.51
when people were in repentance
00:44:11.55\00:44:16.55
they would wear this
head gear they had this plate,
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and they would wear like a bowl
of burning coals on their head,
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and that was, you
know, like we hear about
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how the Jews would put
00:44:26.70\00:44:28.50
dust and ashes on
them for repentance.
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Well, this meant that
00:44:30.60\00:44:32.00
they were walking in repentance.
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So what Jesus was saying
is when you're sowing peace.
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When someone's persecuting
you but you're sowing peace,
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you help bring
them to repentance,
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Isn't that neat? I mean,
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that's really neat to understand
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that, you know, it
may not always be possible
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but at least you've got the,
00:44:53.56\00:44:55.66
you know, you're introducing,
you're interjecting,
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or allowing God to
intervene in the situation.
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Yeah, and we can
dispense fire with fire,
00:45:01.53\00:45:03.97
that's not gonna
bring anybody to repentance.
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That's just
gonna create more fire.
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Right. Yeah.
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And that's the
testimony that we give
00:45:09.34\00:45:11.14
that the Lord can work with that
00:45:11.17\00:45:14.08
because when it
is not easy for you
00:45:14.11\00:45:17.15
to have that peace
but once you get it,
00:45:17.18\00:45:20.12
it's supposed to show,
00:45:20.15\00:45:22.98
and it's supposed to
help that other person
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but then God has to work
with other situation himself
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so that gives us peace also
00:45:31.33\00:45:33.46
and assurance that
just like he helped me
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at some point, he's
gonna help the other person
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and that's also
peaceful, I think.
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That's great. Yeah.
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It just occurred to me
00:45:43.30\00:45:44.67
that I didn't even
include this on our list
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but Galatians 5:22, it says,
00:45:46.41\00:45:49.61
"The fruit of the
spirit," only one fruit
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but there's nine dimensions.
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It's like a
multi-faceted diamond,
00:45:53.38\00:45:55.68
is "Love, joy, and peace,"
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this is what we
experience within,
00:45:57.55\00:46:00.46
"longsuffering,
kindness, and goodness"
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is what we're
expressing to mankind,
00:46:03.59\00:46:06.16
"Faithfulness, gentleness"
00:46:06.19\00:46:08.43
or really that
should be "humility,
00:46:08.46\00:46:10.30
the meekness, the faithfulness,
00:46:10.33\00:46:11.87
the gentleness and self-control"
00:46:11.90\00:46:14.04
is something that
we exercise toward God
00:46:14.07\00:46:17.17
and that's just
basically, saying that
00:46:17.21\00:46:19.61
we're going to be humble enough
00:46:19.64\00:46:22.34
to let God be in
control if you will.
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So it is part of the
fruit of the spirit is peace
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and it's, you know,
00:46:33.29\00:46:34.62
the joy of the
Lord is our strength
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when we're filled with his love
00:46:36.02\00:46:37.73
and we'll keep our
eyes focused on him,
00:46:37.76\00:46:40.26
then we've got it.
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Amen, it's like the orange
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with all those segments inside.
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You get orange,
00:46:44.73\00:46:46.07
you get all of
those things with it.
00:46:46.10\00:46:47.84
Look at what happened to Peter
00:46:47.87\00:46:50.37
when he took his eyes off Jesus.
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Oh, yeah. He started going down.
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We start going down we
may take our to Jesus...
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Yes.
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All right, CA, would you
like to take Isaiah 32:17.
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Isaiah 32:17, the fruit of
righteousness will be peace.
00:47:06.22\00:47:10.59
The effect of
righteousness will be quietness
00:47:10.63\00:47:13.06
and confidence for ever.
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First, you are impressed
by the affirmativeness,
00:47:14.46\00:47:18.70
can I invent the word,
00:47:18.73\00:47:20.57
the kind of
language that is used here,
00:47:20.60\00:47:22.80
this is not if we...
00:47:22.84\00:47:24.64
This will result in this,
00:47:24.67\00:47:26.68
this will result in that
00:47:26.71\00:47:28.44
and to go back with
something that Tim said,
00:47:28.48\00:47:30.98
if the cameras can get
on these little glasses.
00:47:31.01\00:47:35.22
As we sit still
everything sits still.
00:47:35.25\00:47:38.52
You know, if we leave
something alone it sits still
00:47:38.55\00:47:40.66
and that is the
way it is in nature.
00:47:40.69\00:47:42.96
But that is not the way
it is with human beings.
00:47:42.99\00:47:47.83
If you leave human beings alone,
00:47:47.86\00:47:49.83
the result will be confusion.
00:47:49.86\00:47:51.93
Confusion...
00:47:51.97\00:47:53.34
Peace is not the default setting
00:47:53.37\00:47:55.04
for human beings.
00:47:55.07\00:47:56.44
You know, even if
things are peaceful
00:47:56.47\00:47:58.54
we will find
some way to mess it up
00:47:58.57\00:48:01.41
or, you know, we'll
fight just the way we are.
00:48:01.44\00:48:03.78
Peace, as Tim alluded to,
and you said this also Shelley,
00:48:03.81\00:48:06.92
is something you got to work at
00:48:06.95\00:48:08.85
because it is not
natural for us to be at peace.
00:48:08.88\00:48:11.79
If I'm by myself,
maybe I can get along
00:48:11.82\00:48:15.12
but once you
bring another person in
00:48:15.16\00:48:17.56
there's got to be,
you know, some confusion.
00:48:17.59\00:48:21.96
But the Bible says,
00:48:22.00\00:48:23.33
the fruit of
righteousness will be peace.
00:48:23.37\00:48:28.20
The word for fruit
here and some people say...
00:48:28.24\00:48:33.27
some translations
say the word is para.
00:48:33.31\00:48:36.54
But it is not
para like John 14:16.
00:48:36.58\00:48:40.12
This is peri in
the Old Testament,
00:48:40.15\00:48:41.95
so this is peri in the Hebrew
00:48:41.98\00:48:44.02
but it means to cause to make.
00:48:44.05\00:48:48.56
So it's very, very definite
00:48:48.59\00:48:50.53
that the fruit
of righteousness...
00:48:50.56\00:48:55.63
if you have
righteousness in your life,
00:48:55.66\00:48:57.97
it will make peace in your life.
00:48:58.00\00:49:00.70
If you're in with Christ,
if you're locked in with Christ
00:49:00.74\00:49:05.11
the default
setting here is peace,
00:49:05.14\00:49:06.71
there's no way
to get around that.
00:49:06.74\00:49:08.84
If you're walking with
Jesus, you're gonna have peace.
00:49:08.88\00:49:11.91
It's not "if," it's not "maybe,"
00:49:11.95\00:49:13.72
if you have peace in your life,
00:49:13.75\00:49:15.18
it is because you found
your way to Jesus Christ.
00:49:15.22\00:49:19.09
And that's the only way
we get peace in our life
00:49:19.12\00:49:21.59
is if we walk with Christ.
00:49:21.62\00:49:23.99
I'm gonna read
something real fast
00:49:24.03\00:49:25.36
and I don't know
how much time I've got
00:49:25.39\00:49:26.73
but this is from the
words of Ellen White,
00:49:26.76\00:49:31.93
the time will soon come
00:49:31.97\00:49:33.44
that we shall have to keep hold
of the strong arm of Jehovah
00:49:33.47\00:49:36.44
for all these great
signs and mighty wonders
00:49:36.47\00:49:38.91
that devil has
designed to deceive God's people
00:49:38.94\00:49:42.14
and overthrow them.
00:49:42.18\00:49:43.51
Our minds must
be stayed upon God,
00:49:43.55\00:49:46.21
that's the only way we get peace
00:49:46.25\00:49:48.32
and we must not fear
the fear of the wicked,
00:49:48.35\00:49:53.62
that is, fear what they fear,
00:49:53.66\00:49:55.76
and reverence
what they reverence,
00:49:55.79\00:49:57.19
but be bold and
valiant for the truth.
00:49:57.23\00:49:59.96
Could our eyes be opened...
00:50:00.00\00:50:01.33
She talks about
angels fighting this battle
00:50:01.36\00:50:03.26
for each and every soul.
00:50:03.30\00:50:05.20
So she is saying
if you want peace,
00:50:05.23\00:50:08.24
if you want the ability to
work your way through life,
00:50:08.27\00:50:12.41
you got to take
hold the hand of Jesus
00:50:12.44\00:50:14.64
and never let it go
00:50:14.68\00:50:16.08
because peace is only guaranteed
00:50:16.11\00:50:18.05
to those who hold on to Christ.
00:50:18.08\00:50:19.61
The truth is, we all got brains,
00:50:19.65\00:50:23.79
you know, you look a life
00:50:23.82\00:50:25.25
and say, "I can work
my way through that."
00:50:25.29\00:50:28.02
Well, there comes a point
where you just run out of gas.
00:50:28.06\00:50:30.53
You don't have all the
answers and you realize,
00:50:30.56\00:50:33.36
"I can't run this
thing, I can't drive this bus
00:50:33.40\00:50:36.26
you know, I gotta
find some help here."
00:50:36.30\00:50:40.80
And once you get
Jesus, you can backseat drive.
00:50:40.84\00:50:45.81
You can say like, "Jesus,
speed it up, slow it down,
00:50:45.84\00:50:47.91
make a left."
00:50:47.94\00:50:49.28
You got to get in
the passenger seat
00:50:49.31\00:50:50.65
but you can,
but you gonna crash.
00:50:50.68\00:50:54.48
You gotta strap in
and let Christ drive
00:50:54.52\00:50:58.25
and wherever he takes you,
00:50:58.29\00:50:59.72
go along for a
ride and trust him
00:50:59.75\00:51:01.76
and then you have peace.
00:51:01.79\00:51:03.12
When you get to the
point where you say,
00:51:03.16\00:51:04.49
"If I perish, I perish."
00:51:04.53\00:51:05.93
Well then you're
where God wants you to be,
00:51:05.96\00:51:08.63
you're trusting him
and that's not easy.
00:51:08.66\00:51:12.63
We all know that not easy
00:51:12.67\00:51:14.87
but it's possible
00:51:14.90\00:51:16.44
and when you get there
and you get that experience,
00:51:16.47\00:51:19.57
you would never want to lose it.
00:51:19.61\00:51:21.28
I was listening to you
Shelly, I'll do this real quick,
00:51:21.31\00:51:25.25
when you came to
the rest of the Sabbath
00:51:25.28\00:51:27.12
it reoriented...
00:51:27.15\00:51:29.32
I don't have to work anymore,
I can just relax on Jesus.
00:51:29.35\00:51:31.89
For me it was the opposite.
00:51:31.92\00:51:33.36
I had an example of Adventism
00:51:33.39\00:51:36.39
that I coveted in
and envied in the people
00:51:36.42\00:51:37.96
who live right
across the street from me.
00:51:37.99\00:51:39.43
They said that
they would come home,
00:51:39.46\00:51:40.80
and have Sabbath dinner,
00:51:40.83\00:51:42.16
and go to church and, you
know, it just seems so inviting.
00:51:42.20\00:51:47.07
My house was chaos, you know,
on weekends it is just chaos.
00:51:47.10\00:51:51.24
And the fact that
they were people who had...
00:51:51.27\00:51:53.04
they dressed nice,
and they looked nice
00:51:53.07\00:51:55.28
and they go to church,
and carried their Bible,
00:51:55.31\00:51:57.01
and they come home and
have this wonderful dinner,
00:51:57.05\00:51:58.51
I am really wanting that.
00:51:58.55\00:52:00.18
Then we went
right across this town,
00:52:00.22\00:52:02.15
right across the street
from where some other people
00:52:02.18\00:52:03.75
who had the same
kind of activity.
00:52:03.79\00:52:05.99
Get up in the
morning, jump in the car,
00:52:06.02\00:52:07.59
and disappear for the day.
00:52:07.62\00:52:08.96
I was like,
"Where are you going,
00:52:08.99\00:52:10.33
you disappear on Sabbath."
00:52:10.36\00:52:11.69
And they say, "We
go to Sabbath school,"
00:52:11.73\00:52:13.06
so I said to
them next week take me
00:52:13.09\00:52:14.43
and then I stepped
in an Adventist church
00:52:14.46\00:52:16.06
for the first time when
I saw this thing happening.
00:52:16.10\00:52:19.23
People praying, people singing,
00:52:19.27\00:52:20.90
and for me it was
like I want that for me.
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Amen.
00:52:22.90\00:52:24.24
Yeah, I thought
and saw that peace
00:52:24.27\00:52:25.84
and that may be
the greatest gift
00:52:25.87\00:52:28.68
that God gives us now.
00:52:28.71\00:52:30.11
Amen.
00:52:30.15\00:52:31.48
The biggest gift is
heaven, but right now peace.
00:52:31.51\00:52:34.75
The fact that I can walk through
00:52:34.78\00:52:36.38
the valley of
the shadow of death
00:52:36.42\00:52:38.22
and fear no evil
for thou art with me.
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That's peace, yeah. Well said.
00:52:42.06\00:52:44.06
I just want to
leave our viewers,
00:52:44.09\00:52:46.19
we're just nearly out of time.
00:52:46.23\00:52:47.60
I can't believe
how fast this is going,
00:52:47.63\00:52:49.80
but I want to
leave you with a promise
00:52:49.83\00:52:52.90
to hold on to Romans 15:13.
00:52:52.93\00:52:57.51
I use this...
00:53:00.38\00:53:02.88
I haven't sent
Christmas cards out for sometime
00:53:02.91\00:53:05.31
because I've been too busy
00:53:05.35\00:53:07.65
but when I used to
be in the practice,
00:53:07.68\00:53:10.22
I would always write
this inside the card,
00:53:10.25\00:53:12.89
and here's what it
says, Romans 15:13.
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May the God of Hope
00:53:16.16\00:53:18.83
fill you with all joy and peace
00:53:18.86\00:53:22.46
as you trust in him,
00:53:22.50\00:53:24.43
this is a promise
that he will, so that,
00:53:24.47\00:53:28.60
you know, this is
your purpose statement,
00:53:28.64\00:53:30.77
so that you may
overflow with hope
00:53:30.81\00:53:34.01
by the power of the Holy Spirit.
00:53:34.04\00:53:36.78
The hope in the English
can be an uncertain expectation
00:53:36.81\00:53:40.72
but not hope in the Greek.
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Amen.
00:53:42.18\00:53:43.52
Hope in the Greek
meant that you had an eager
00:53:43.55\00:53:47.06
certain anticipation
00:53:47.09\00:53:49.42
in what Paul is
writing to the Romans
00:53:49.46\00:53:52.19
is saying that,
00:53:52.23\00:53:53.73
this God of ours
is the God of all hope
00:53:53.76\00:53:56.90
and He's gonna fill
you with joy and peace.
00:53:56.93\00:53:59.83
As you trust in Him
00:53:59.87\00:54:01.74
and your heart's
just gonna bubble over
00:54:01.77\00:54:05.24
with eager expectation
of God's plan for your life
00:54:05.27\00:54:08.94
by the power of
your Holy Spirit.
00:54:08.98\00:54:10.71
I love this verse. I love it.
00:54:10.75\00:54:12.55
Can I read something here?
00:54:12.58\00:54:14.35
Surely.
00:54:14.38\00:54:15.72
This is our handout.
00:54:15.75\00:54:17.62
This is our sheet today
00:54:17.65\00:54:20.82
and as I was
looking through here
00:54:20.86\00:54:22.42
and I just like to go
one, two, three, four,
00:54:22.46\00:54:24.59
working off taking
these affirmations.
00:54:24.63\00:54:27.16
Number one, God is not
the author of confusion.
00:54:27.20\00:54:30.40
Number two, that he will keep us
00:54:30.43\00:54:32.07
in that perfect peace.
00:54:32.10\00:54:33.54
With that perfect peace
00:54:33.57\00:54:34.90
your heart will not be troubled,
00:54:34.94\00:54:36.27
it will not be afraid
00:54:36.30\00:54:38.11
and you will have quietness
and confidence forever.
00:54:38.14\00:54:41.58
Amen.
00:54:41.61\00:54:42.94
You know, that's
just... I'll take it.
00:54:42.98\00:54:44.38
Amen.
00:54:44.41\00:54:47.85
I have it actually.
00:54:47.88\00:54:49.52
And just add the
eager expectation
00:54:49.55\00:54:52.09
of joy and peace to that love.
00:54:52.12\00:54:54.09
Thank you, Jesus. Amen.
00:54:54.12\00:54:55.92
All right, I think that
our time is almost all gone
00:54:55.96\00:54:59.09
and we need to end in prayer
00:54:59.13\00:55:00.56
so why don't we just
have a couple of minutes.
00:55:00.60\00:55:03.00
Let's just go around the table.
00:55:03.03\00:55:04.57
Tim, why don't you start
and just whatever the Lord lays
00:55:04.60\00:55:07.27
on your heart we'll each pray.
00:55:07.30\00:55:09.70
Father God, thank you
00:55:09.74\00:55:11.11
that you sent
your son to die for me,
00:55:11.14\00:55:15.18
the Prince of Peace.
00:55:15.21\00:55:16.91
That I can have
peace, I can walk in peace,
00:55:16.95\00:55:20.35
I'm blessed to be your child.
00:55:20.38\00:55:22.58
I pray Lord that you
help me to walk in that
00:55:22.62\00:55:25.69
and to be as if
it is possible for me
00:55:25.72\00:55:29.52
to always make peace with people
00:55:29.56\00:55:32.53
and make this
life better for people
00:55:32.56\00:55:34.43
by showing them to you.
00:55:34.46\00:55:35.83
Amen.
00:55:35.86\00:55:37.47
Dear Heavenly
Father I want to thank you
00:55:37.50\00:55:39.13
for the gift of true peace.
00:55:39.17\00:55:41.40
I want to ask that
you would be with those
00:55:41.44\00:55:43.84
that are out there
that are searching for peace
00:55:43.87\00:55:45.97
and they keep
searching and searching
00:55:46.01\00:55:47.94
and looking in
all the wrong places
00:55:47.98\00:55:49.64
and they're not gonna find it
00:55:49.68\00:55:51.01
until they come to realize
that it only comes from you.
00:55:51.05\00:55:54.12
I ask that you would
please send your holy spirit
00:55:54.15\00:55:56.32
to soften and
subdue their hearts
00:55:56.35\00:55:57.99
and to lead them
down the right path
00:55:58.02\00:56:00.92
to accept Jesus
Christ as their savior.
00:56:00.96\00:56:03.46
We thank you for the blessings
that you bestowed upon us
00:56:03.49\00:56:06.70
and we ask that you would
be with all of the viewers
00:56:06.73\00:56:09.03
that are at home.
00:56:09.06\00:56:10.40
In Jesus name we
pray, amen. Amen.
00:56:10.43\00:56:12.30
Father just thank you so
much for always being with us,
00:56:12.33\00:56:17.44
that you never
leave us or forsake us.
00:56:17.47\00:56:19.91
And Father we pray
that you will help everyone
00:56:19.94\00:56:22.88
who is watching or
listening to our words
00:56:22.91\00:56:25.18
and each one us
at this table Father
00:56:25.21\00:56:27.92
to keep our mind focused on you.
00:56:27.95\00:56:30.32
And Lord when
we lose that peace,
00:56:30.35\00:56:33.62
help us remember
what the source is
00:56:33.66\00:56:36.46
and then when you
give us that peace,
00:56:36.49\00:56:38.19
help us to sow peace.
00:56:38.23\00:56:40.40
Amen. Amen.
00:56:40.43\00:56:42.16
And Father as we come to
you in the name of Jesus,
00:56:42.20\00:56:44.37
I thank you that we can
give the Holy Spirit permission
00:56:44.40\00:56:47.10
to be in charge of our life,
00:56:47.14\00:56:49.00
and Father that we
can choose to believe
00:56:49.04\00:56:51.31
and in believing dear Father,
00:56:51.34\00:56:53.21
we can actually have that
confidence that quietness us
00:56:53.24\00:56:56.48
that we're all looking for Lord
00:56:56.51\00:56:58.05
so that we're not
being beat up by the enemy
00:56:58.08\00:57:01.18
that we can have the
assurance that you were present.
00:57:01.22\00:57:04.52
We love you and thank you.
00:57:04.55\00:57:05.89
In Jesus' name, amen.
00:57:05.92\00:57:07.26
Amen.
00:57:07.29\00:57:08.66
Father and God, I
also want to thank you
00:57:08.69\00:57:11.99
for the privilege
of having that peace.
00:57:12.03\00:57:15.00
We thank you Lord that
your promise is our truth
00:57:15.03\00:57:17.83
and when you
promised the disciple,
00:57:17.87\00:57:20.44
you are promising to all of us
00:57:20.47\00:57:22.70
and also to those
that are out there
00:57:22.74\00:57:26.64
struggling with the
chaos in their lives,
00:57:26.68\00:57:30.81
that we trust you
00:57:30.85\00:57:33.18
that you have a way
to reach out to them.
00:57:33.21\00:57:36.02
And so thank you
for the privilege
00:57:36.05\00:57:38.05
of finding peace in you
00:57:38.09\00:57:40.82
and accept it and be an
example for the others too.
00:57:40.86\00:57:45.89
Father God comes
to mind the song,
00:57:45.93\00:57:47.80
O, what peace we often forfeit,
00:57:47.83\00:57:49.46
Oh, what needless pain we bear,
00:57:49.50\00:57:51.67
all because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer!
00:57:51.70\00:57:54.87
So we come to you Father,
00:57:54.90\00:57:56.60
the giver of perfect
peace, the Father of all peace.
00:57:56.64\00:58:00.08
We take it to you,
we leave it with you
00:58:00.11\00:58:02.28
knowing that in exchange
for our faith and our love
00:58:02.31\00:58:05.28
you will give us perfect peace
00:58:05.31\00:58:06.72
and for that we
thank you in Jesus' name.
00:58:06.75\00:58:09.25
Amen. Amen.
00:58:09.28\00:58:12.05